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KIRKBY MISPERTON

The parish is composed of the townships of Great
Barugh, Little Barugh (Barughs Ambo), Great Habton,
Little Habton, Kirkby Misperton and Ryton. Its area
is 7,001 acres, of which, excluding Barughs Ambo, (fn. 2)
3,121 acres are arable, 2,110 acres permanent grass
and 9 acres woods and plantations. (fn. 3) The township
of Little Barugh was inclosed about 1600. (fn. 4) The
soil is gravel, loam and sand; much of the ground
is alluvial, but the villages of Kirkby Misperton and
Barughs Ambo lie on Kimmeridge Clay. The parish
is bounded by streams on the south and west. Lund
Forest Cottages north of Ryton recall the old manor
of 'Lund in the marsh'—the lowland by Costa
Beck. (fn. 5) The height varies from 70 ft. to 100 ft. above
the ordnance datum. The chief crops are wheat, oats,
barley and turnips.

The village of Kirkby Misperton is small and
some parts are quite picturesque. The Hall, the
residence of Mr. James R. Twentyman, is a square
stone 18th-century building. It was once moated
and stands in a park of 50 acres containing two lakes.
Great Barugh is a small hamlet mostly modern and
brick built. There is a manor-house now at Little
Barugh, but not at Great Barugh. The capital
messuage called Barugh Hall was conveyed by Thomas
Harwood to Christopher Pinder in 1570. (fn. 6)

The capital messuage of Little Habton was conveyed by Henry Earl of Westmorland to Edward
Cowper (rector) of Kirkby Misperton, clerk, in
1554. (fn. 7) Perhaps this is Habton Grange. The
manor-house of Great Habton is near Chapel Close.

Ryton consists of some scattered houses. The site
of the Percehays' manor-house (fn. 8) is half a mile east of
the new manor-house. William Simpson of Ryton (fn. 9)
died seised of a capital messuage in 1639, leaving a
son and heir Thomas. (fn. 10)

Garforth Hall in the township of Ryton is an
18th-century brick building, the garden being bounded
by a curious fruit wall with semicircular 'bastions'
at intervals. It probably takes its name from the
family of Garforth, for Alice daughter of James
Boyes and wife of John Garforth inherited from her
father in 1623 'Percehays land' and other possessions in the parish. (fn. 11) It is perhaps the Newhouse
mentioned in 1623, and the dwelling-place of
Thomas Garforth in 1665–74. (fn. 12)

Among the various 13th-century place-names
preserved for Ryton are Sculestrip, Sevelstrip next
Rie and Ethfrid, Eikefrith or Aichefridth Wath. (fn. 13)
The modern Goosecroft and Longlands (Langelands)
preserve names of the same period. Curious names
of the present day are Brass Castle close, Beild close,
Shotten field, Sewer field, Peckstone Platt, Gosling
Green and Glisterpipe. (fn. 14)

The mill at Kirkby Misperton was worth 5s. 4d.
rent in 1086. (fn. 15) It was granted by Richard de Kirkby
Misperton (fn. 16) to John de Dalton of Pickering in
1324, (fn. 17) and was appurtenant to the manor in the
16th century. (fn. 18) A mill was attached to the manor
of Great Habton early in 1365–6, (fn. 19) perhaps the watermill of Little Habton mentioned in 1599 (fn. 20) and
1652, (fn. 21) commemorated by the present Mill Houses.
There are 'Mill Cottages' near Newsham Bridge on
the Rye.

At Barugh there is a camp.

John Clarke, 'the Good Schoolmaster,' known to
Dr. Bentley as 'Little Aristophanes,' was born at
Kirkby Misperton in 1706 and buried in the parish
church. (fn. 22) Some noted rectors were John Burton,
sometime Abbot of Rievaulx; John Thornborough,
Bishop of Bristol; Peter Rollock, Bishop of Dunkeld; Thomas Comber, Dean of Durham; Augustus
Duncombe, Dean of York; George Body, Canon of
Durham, and William Henry Hutchins, Canon and
Chancellor of York and Archdeacon of Cleveland.

There are Wesleyan chapels at Kirkby Misperton
(erected in 1864), Great Barugh (1899), Little
Barugh, Great Habton and Ryton, and public elementary schools at Kirkby Misperton (1855) and Great
Habton (1857).

St. Mary's Abbey, York. Argent a cross gules charged with a bezant.

Manors

KIRKBY MISPERTON belonged to
Torbrant before the Conquest and in
1086 the Abbot of York held two fees
here of Berenger de Toni: the first was assessed at
2 carucates 6 oxgangs and included half the church
and a mill; the second, which was waste, was held as
a 'manor' and was assessed at 4 carucates 2 oxgangs. (fn. 23)
At this time Misperton was a berewick of Hugh son
of Baldric's manor of Kirkby Moorside. (fn. 24) Berenger
de Toni granted to St. Mary's Abbey, York, 8½ carucates of land in Kirkby Misperton, (fn. 25) a grant confirmed by Henry I, (fn. 26) Richard I and Edward II (fn. 27);
and Hugh Fitz Baldric granted 3 carucates, (fn. 28) probably
a quitclaim of the berewick of Misperton. The undertenants Alan son of Gerald
(de Kirkby Misperton), Alan
his son, Lawrence de Kirkby
Misperton and Robert his son
granted a carucate. (fn. 29) According to the first Forest Regard
of Pickering in the time of
John, the township of Kirkby
Misperton was in the fee of
St. Mary's Abbey and of
Eustace de Vescy, (fn. 30) but this,
the only mention of the
Vescys, may be explained by
their holding the adjacent
manor of Barugh. (fn. 31) The
abbey retained the overlordship until the Dissolution. (fn. 32)

Dalton. Azure a lion argent.

Shiers. Or a bend azure between a lion sable and three oak leaves vert with three scallops or upon the bend.

The family of Kirkby Misperton held the manor
under the abbey. Richard son of Roger de Kirkby
brought a suit against the abbey in 1304, (fn. 33) and in
1324 Richard conveyed the manor to John de Dalton
of Pickering. (fn. 34) In 1344 Roger son of Richard
claimed the mill and lands as entailed. (fn. 35) John de
Dalton was succeeded by his son of the same name, (fn. 36)
who was apparently the father of the Sir John de
Dalton lord in 1371. (fn. 37) Thomas Dalton was concerned in an attack on Ralph Eure before 1467. (fn. 38)
The manor was held by
Edmund Dalton at his death
in 1529, when it passed to
Roger his son, a minor. (fn. 39) In
1562 Roger made a settlement of the manor (fn. 40); he
died in 1586, leaving a son
Roger Dalton (fn. 41) of Lincoln's
Inn, (fn. 42) who with Alison his
wife conveyed it in 1594 to
Thomas Phelippes. (fn. 43) Between
1610 and 1620 there are
numerous references to the
pecuniary difficulties of
Thomas Phelippes, and eventually the manor was
seized by George Shiers (fn. 44); he died seised of it in
1642, leaving a son and heir
Edward, (fn. 45) who dealt with it
in 1648 (fn. 46) and 1671. (fn. 47) It
then came into the possession
of George Shiers of Slyfield
House in Great Bookham (co.
Surrey), son of Robert Shiers
(who died in 1668); in 1684
he was made a baronet. (fn. 48) He
and Abigail Shiers, widow,
made a settlement in 1683, (fn. 49)
and Sir George, by his will of
1685, the year of his death,
bequeathed all his Yorkshire
lands to his wife Elizabeth in
fee and died childless. (fn. 50) Elizabeth, only daughter of Edmund Dickenson, M.D.,
physician to Charles II, was only seventeen years of
age at her husband's death, and two years later
married Charles John Baron Blomberg, son of Nicholas
Count de Blomberg, 'President of Prussia.' (fn. 51) Charles
John made a conveyance in 1692. (fn. 52) On his death his
wife made a third marriage, but this estate descended
to their eldest son, Edmund Charles Blomberg, who
dying unmarried in 1757 was succeeded by his
nephew William. (fn. 53) William died childless in 1774,
having devised his estates to his wife for life with
remainder to his own right heirs, but on her death
in 1798 his lands were declared to have escheated to
the Crown, and the Crown retained possession until
1812, when one Frederick William Blomberg was
owner. He is said to have been a natural son of
George III and had taken his mother's name of
Blomberg, but was not related to the heiress Elizabeth
Shiers, though he was to her husband Baron Blomberg.
He built a large obelisk in the grounds at Kirkby
Misperton in 1812 in commemoration of the grant
of this property to himself by George Prince of Wales,
the regent. (fn. 54) The manor was conveyed in 1845,
after his death, by his trustees to Captain James
Anlaby Legard, (fn. 55) who in 1865 alienated it to Robert
Tindall. (fn. 56) John and Robert, sons of Robert Tindall,
conveyed it at their father's death in 1903 to the
present owner, Mr. J. R. Twentyman. (fn. 57)

A carucate of land was granted to St. Mary's Abbey
with the church, (fn. 58) and formed the RECTORY
MANOR. In 1351 Thomas de Hoton, the rector,
referred in his will to 'my manor at Kirkby.' (fn. 59) The
parsonage was said to be within a 'moote' in February
1532–3. (fn. 60) The capital messuage, 'formerly the property of the parish church and afterwards of Edward
Cowper clerk,' belonged to the lord of the manor in
1587. (fn. 61)

In 1086 GREAT BARUGH (Berg, xi–xiii cent.;
Berch, xii cent.; Berk, Berych, xiii cent.; Bergh,
xiv–xv cent.; Bargh, xvi cent.; Barough, xvii cent.)
was a berewick of Kirkby Moorside. The 3½ carucates of land that were in the king's hands in Great
and Little (alia) Barugh in 1086 had been held before
the Conquest by Ligulf and Esbern as two 'manors.' (fn. 62)
The 3½ carucates that were also held at that date by
the Archbishop of York had previously been held by
Ulf as three 'manors.' (fn. 63) The manor was held of the
Mowbrays as of their manor of Thirsk in the 13th
and 14th centuries, (fn. 64) but this overlordship is not
afterwards mentioned. Under the Mowbrays were
the Wakes of Liddell, (fn. 65) Barugh, Muscotes and Wombleton (fn. 66) forming one knight's fee attached to the
manor of Kirkby Moorside, (fn. 67) which was held by the
Vescys and their descendants. (fn. 68) Both these mesne
lordships seem to have fallen into abeyance by
1442. (fn. 69)

Under John Wake in 1284–5 Adam de Everingham (apparently first Lord Everingham de Laxton)
was another mesne tenant, (fn. 70) and in 1442 Sir Richard
Pickering was said to hold his lands here of the heir
of Adam de Everingham Lord de Laxton. (fn. 71)

Yet again, the Barughs in 1290 and onwards held
part of their lands here of the lord of Hutton Lowcross, (fn. 72) and in 1538 the manor was said to be held of
that manor. (fn. 73)

Pickering. Ermine a lion azure crowned or.

William son of Ulf had land here in the reign of
John, (fn. 74) and in 1242 William de Kirkby 'le Romain'
charged his lands in Great Edston and Kirkby Misperton with the services due from Hexham Priory for
the lands granted them by William son of William. (fn. 75)
Bernard de Barugh held 1 carucate of land in 1284–5
of John Wake, (fn. 76) perhaps as lessee of his uncle (fn. 77) Walter
Romayne. Walter Romayne of Great Edston (fn. 78) in
1303 settled the manors of Edston and Kirkby Misperton (i.e., Barugh) on Walter son of James de
Holme and Alice daughter of John Cruel of Wrelton
and their issue, with reversion to his own heirs. (fn. 79)
Walter Romayne died childless in 1303. Of his two
sisters and heirs the elder, Agnes, married a Barugh
and was mother of Bernard. (fn. 80) Bernard had been
succeeded at Great Barugh by 1317 by his son (fn. 81)
Alexander, (fn. 82) keeper of Scarborough Castle and town
in 1324–5. (fn. 83) In 1376 Walter son of Robert son of
Alexander son of Bernard de Barugh, Robert de
Thornton and John de Topcliffe, descendants of Alice
younger sister of Walter Romayne, claimed the manor
on the ground that Walter son of James de Holme
and Alice had died childless and that Richard Arusmyth and Margery his wife and John de Dalton
had entered into the manor of Kirkby Misperton,
Robert Pert and Joan his wife into that of Edston, (fn. 84)
contrary to the form of the grant. It was denied,
however, that John de Dalton had made any entry. (fn. 85)
In 1428 John de Barugh held
1 carucate here that Adam de
Everingham formerly held (fn. 86);
but Sir Richard Pickering, kt.,
who held the Wreltons' manor
of Lockton, (fn. 87) died seised jointly
with Margaret his wife of the
Everingham lands in 1442. (fn. 88)
The Pickerings of Oswaldkirk (fn. 89) held Great Barugh
until 1526, when Sir William
Pickering conveyed the manor
to Richard Harwood. (fn. 90) Matthew Harwood died in 1538
seised of the manor, leaving a son and heir James. (fn. 91)
In 1570 Thomas Harwood and Agnes his wife con-
veyed the capital messuage called Barugh Hall to
Christopher Pinder. (fn. 92) John Harwood died in possession of a messuage and lands here in January 1576–7
and was succeeded by Francis his son, then a minor. (fn. 93)
Robert Gere of Great Barugh died about 1643,
leaving a son and heir Robert, (fn. 94) who in 1656 conveyed the manor to Thomas Hassell apparently as a
marriage settlement on Thomas his son and Mary
daughter of Ralph Hassell of Thornton Dale. Thomas
Gere had succeeded to the estate by the beginning
of 1673–4, (fn. 95) but Nicholas Fairfax was in possession
in the spring of 1707–8 (fn. 96); he conveyed the manor
to Thomas Gill in 1709. (fn. 97) In 1857 it belonged to
Richard Hodgson, in 1859–79 to Henry James
Lesley, in 1890–1905 to Robert Lesley. The estate
has now been broken up into small holdings.

Lands in Barugh formed part of the prebend of
Salton (fn. 98) in the church of York, (fn. 99) and were in 1538
held by the lord of the manor as of that prebend. (fn. 100)

One and a half carucates in LITTLE BARUGH
belonged to the fee of Lutterell, (fn. 101) but the carucate of
land that afterwards formed the manor was held by
William Malcake in 1284–5 'of the socage of Pickering' (fn. 102) (q.v.). It passed to the St. Quintins (fn. 103) of
Ebberston and was conveyed by Gabriel St. Quintin
to Richard Darell, John Darell and Thomas Nesse in
1562. (fn. 104) Richard Darell died in or about 1613, after
which his son Richard sold his part of the manor to
William Nesse, lord in 1619. (fn. 105) William Nesse and
others conveyed the manor to George Clapham [of
Beamsley] in 1622. (fn. 106) George died seised in 1629,
leaving a son and heir Christopher, (fn. 107) who made conveyances in 1639 (fn. 108) and the spring of 1641–2, (fn. 109) and
early in 1667–8 joined in conveying it to Roger
Jaques and others. (fn. 110) By the beginning of 1709–10
it had been divided into tenths and the holders of
four parts conveyed them to Henry Baynes. (fn. 111) Settlement was made by Charles Allanson and others of
one-quarter early in 1717–18, (fn. 112) and the whole seems
to have been in the hands of Allan Swainston, M.D.,
by right of Frances his wife in 1790. (fn. 113) It was in the
possession of Henry Beaumont in 1859 and in 1890
was owned by Mr. William Scoby.

In 1086 GREATHABTON (Abbetune, Habetun,
xi cent.; Habbedun, xii cent.) was already divided
into Great and Little. Before the Conquest Ulf and
Cnut held 6½ carucates there as two 'manors'; this
was in the king's hands in 1086. (fn. 114) A third 'manor'
without a hall and assessed at half a carucate belonged
to Ulchil and Orm before the Conquest and in 1086
to the Count of Mortain. (fn. 115)

Early in the reign of Henry III Robert de Nevill
was overlord, (fn. 116) and the manor was afterwards held of
the Nevills of Raby as appurtenant to their manor of
Sheriff Hutton (fn. 117) (q.v.).

Middleton of Stockeld. Argent fretty with a quarter sable.

Metcalfe of Malton. Argent three calves sable with a quarter azure.

Patrick de Ryedale granted Rievaulx Abbey free
passage over Habton Moor, (fn. 118) and in 1209 Nicholas
de Ryedale sued Deodonatus medicus and Amiot the
Jew of Pontefract for the manor of Habton on the
ground that the father of Nicholas gave it them in
pledge. (fn. 119) Nothing further is heard of Nicholas.
Before this an Ansketil de Habton, son of Gospatric,
held lands in Habton. (fn. 120) The grant of Eda son of
Ansketil to Keldholme Priory was confirmed in
1200–1. (fn. 121) During the greater part of the 13th
century William de Habton was seised of it. (fn. 122) Alan
his son and heir died in his father's lifetime and
William granted two parts of the manor to Maud,
Alan's widow, for life. (fn. 123) The only child of Maud and
Alan was Alice, lady of Habton in 1335 and 1337. (fn. 124)
She married a member of the family of Middleton of
Stockeld and had at least three children—William her
son and heir, Christiana who married Gilbert de
Wauton, and Elizabeth. (fn. 125) According to one pedigree
put forward at a later date William had two sons, John
and Alexander, but both died without issue and the
manor passed to Christiana and Elizabeth. (fn. 126) In 1363
these two parts of the manor were claimed successfully
by Sir Thomas de Middleton of Stockeld, kt., and
Thomas his son, (fn. 127) and in 1365–6 Christiana and
Elizabeth gave Sir Thomas a quitclaim of their rights. (fn. 128)
The Middletons of Stockeld continued in possession
until the 19th century. (fn. 129) Mrs. Pickering was owner
in 1857, George Pickering in 1873. Mr. William
Johnson was the owner in 1890, but three years
later it was in the hands of Mr. Robert Metcalfe of
Malton, the present lord of the manor.

In 1279–81 William de Habton claimed that his
ancestors had had free warren in their demesne lands
here time out of mind. (fn. 130)

Before the Conquest RYTON (Ritun, Ritone, xi
cent.; Rihtuna, Rictona, xii cent.; Richton, xiii cent.)
belonged to Cnut; it was in the king's hands in
1086, when part of it was also a berewick of Hugh
Fitz Baldric's manor of Kirkby Moorside. (fn. 131) The
owners of Kirkby Moorside were overlords in 1564,
but Ryton was then said to be held of their manor of
Thirsk. (fn. 132) Of the 3 carucates of land held by Walter
de Percehay in 1284–5 Robert Luttrell was mesne
lord, (fn. 133) and the capital messuage was held of the Crown
'as of the fee of Lutterell' in the 17th century. (fn. 134)

Walter de Percehay, who was lord of Ryton in
1284–5, (fn. 135) is said (fn. 136) to have been the son of Robert de
Percehay, lord of Ryton, by Joan daughter and heir of
John de Vescy. This manor followed the descent of
the family lands in Crambe (q.v.), and with it was
inherited in 1482 by Lyon Percehay. (fn. 137) Walter son
of the second Lyon (fn. 138) died childless in January 1528–9
and was succeeded by his brother William, (fn. 139) who lived
on ill terms with the Prior of Malton. (fn. 140) He was concerned in the Pilgrimage of Grace, (fn. 141) and dying in 1549
was succeeded by his younger son Robert Percehay,
on whom the manor had been settled in fee with
remainder to the elder son Leonard. (fn. 142) Robert died
childless in 1563, (fn. 143) Leonard died in 1593 and was
succeeded by his son Thomas, (fn. 144) who in 1612 had a
son William Percehay. (fn. 145) William died unmarried in
his father's lifetime and on the death of Thomas
Percehay in 1625 the manor was inherited by his
son by his second marriage with Mary daughter of
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill of Constable Burton. This
Christopher Percehay recorded his pedigree in 1665
when his heir was Christopher son of his dead son
William. (fn. 146)

In 1685 Christopher Percehay conveyed the manor
to John Ramsden, (fn. 147) evidently a trustee for Michael
Barstow, who seems to have succeeded by 1698. (fn. 148)
Michael Barstow appointed a gamekeeper for the
manor in 1742. (fn. 149) He died at his house at York in
1743, having devised the manor of Ryton to trustees
for Thomas Barstow, son of his cousin Benjamin, in tailmale with various remainders. (fn. 150) Thomas, who was
Lord Mayor of York in 1778, died at Fulford, York,
in 1786 and was followed by his son Michael. On
his death at Danzig in 1794 he was succeeded by
his son Thomas Barstow, who made a conveyance of
the manor in 1812 (fn. 151) and died in 1866. His eldest
son Thomas Irwin Barstow, sometime stipendiary
magistrate for Clerkenwell, died childless in 1889,
leaving the manor of Ryton to his widow Mary
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Leader, for life.
Mrs. Barstow is the present lady of the manor. (fn. 152)

Percehay. Argent a cross paty gules.

Barstow. Erminois five crescents fesseways within two gimel bars all between two horses' heads sable.

A further fee was held in the 13th century by
Simon son of John the Hunter of Ryton, a contemporary of Walter Percehay. (fn. 153) Simon had a brother
John and a sister Alice, (fn. 154) but no further particulars of
this family have been found, and it seems probable
that the greater part of the fee passed into the hands
of Malton Priory. (fn. 155)

Churches

The church of ST. LAURENCE
consists of a chancel 35 ft. 3 in. by
15 ft. 3 in. with north vestry, nave
50 ft. 6 in. by 18 ft. with south aisle making a total
width of 28 ft., south porch and west tower. The
total length is 96 ft. 9 in., all the measurements being
internal.

No portion of the existing building appears to date
from earlier than the 15th century, when a complete
reconstruction took place. The site is, however, of
great antiquity, as numerous Saxon stones are built
into the present fabric, and a drawing of the interior
in 1873, preserved in the vestry, appears to indicate
the existence of an early Norman chancel arch. The
church has, however, since then been considerably
altered and restored, the chancel being entirely
rebuilt and the south porch added. The upper stage
of the tower is an early 19th-century reconstruction.

The modern chancel has a three-light east window
and three two-light square-headed windows on the
south side, all of 'Perpendicular' character. The
walls of the vestry on the north are in substance of
the 15th century, but have been much restored. The
chancel arch is also modern.

The nave has two windows of two lights and one
of three in the north wall, all of the 15th century
but restored. The wall itself, however, is mainly old.
The south arcade of four bays consists of pointed
arches resting on octagonal piers without capitals but
having moulded bases. The south aisle is faced with
ashlar and lighted by a three-light window at each end
and by a two-light traceried square-headed window
in the first, second and fourth bays of the south wall.
All these are of 15th-century date. Externally the
aisle is divided into bays by three-stage buttresses
and has diagonal buttresses at the angles. The
parapet is embattled, as is that of the modern south
porch, which projects from the third bay. It is
possible that the latter stands on old foundations.
The western tower is two stages high, the lower stage
being of the 15th century and supported by diagonal
buttresses at the western angles. The upper stage or
bell-chamber was rebuilt early in the last century,
probably in 1838, when the bells were recast. It is
lighted by a two-light window in each face and has
an embattled parapet with pinnacles at the angles.
There are three bells, all cast by Thomas Mears in
1838. The font has a plain octagonal bowl.

Built into the south wall of the chancel is an
inscribed stone of Saxon date, apparently forming part
of a grave slab with the name 'Tatburg.' On the north
nave wall is a fragment of a cross shaft, only one edge,
with knotwork, being visible. Incorporated in the
north wall of the vestry are numerous fragments of
crosses in relief, of various dates but mostly of the 12th
and 13th centuries.

The plate consists of a cup, flagon and three patens
bearing the Blomberg arms, two patens, and a cup of
silver gilt, 1871, and a pewter almsdish of doubtful
antiquity, bearing the figure of a bishop and the
inscription 'Sig. Oswaldi de Riltune.' A cup and
paten (London, 1839) belong to Ryton Church.

The registers previous to 1812 are as follows:
(i) mixed entries 1658 to 1663; (ii) entries compiled
from various sources and from memory 1789;
(iii) baptisms 1780 to 1812, burials 1788 to 1812.
The old registers were accidentally burnt in 1789.

The church of the HOLY SAVIOUR at Great
Barugh, built in 1850, is a small building of red
and white brick and stone, with a three-sided apse
at the west end. It has a south porch and a bellcote
containing one bell. It is served from the parish
church.

The small church of ST. CHAD at Great Habton,
built in 1884, is of red brick and stone in the style of
15th-century Gothic, with a small timber fleche at
the west end containing one small bell.

The little church of the VENERABLE BEDE at
Ryton was built in 1856 of red brick and has a bellcote at the west end containing one bell.

Advowson

There were a church and priest at
Kirkby Misperton in 1086. (fn. 157) The
church was granted by Alan or Ralph
son of Gerald de Kirkby Misperton and his son to
St. Mary's Abbey, York, (fn. 158) which in 1292 had a pension
from it. (fn. 159) In 1303 the abbot had licence to grant the
advowson to William de Roos of Hamlake (fn. 160); it has ever
since followed the descent of Helmsley, (fn. 161) and is now in
the gift of the Earl of Feversham. The living is a rectory.

The chantry (fn. 162) of the Holy Trinity in the parish
church (fn. 163) was founded by Alexander son of Bernard
de Barugh in 1317 for a chaplain to celebrate service
daily for the souls of Master William de Pickering,
Master Robert de Pickering, William de Barugh,
Bernard de Barugh and Cecily his wife, and the
ancestors and heirs of Bernard, Cecily and Alexander. (fn. 164)
There were two chantry priests at the finding of the
parson in 1547. (fn. 165) On the dissolution of the chantries
it was granted with lands called 'lamp-landes' in
Kirkby Misperton to Thomas Bell of Gloucester and
Richard Duke of London. (fn. 166)

Alexander de Barugh also obtained licence in 1317
for augmenting the subsistence of a chaplain celebrating divine service daily in the chapel of Barugh for
the souls of the same persons. (fn. 167) This was the chantry
of St. Laurence, said in 1547 to be necessary because
the overflowing of the River Costa often prevented
the Percehays of Ryton, who had also endowed it,
and their servants from attending the parish church. (fn. 168)

Charities

William Smithson, by will dated
9 March 1637 (inter alia), charged
his tithes in Kilderthorpe with the
payment of £11 yearly for teaching children, subject
to the payment of 10s. a year for a sermon on the
anniversary of the funeral of the donor, and of 10s. a
year to be distributed in bread after every such
sermon. By an order of the Charity Commissioners
dated 25 August 1903, made under the Board of Education Act, 1899, the annual sum of £10 was determined to be the Smithson Educational Foundation.

The same donor charged his farm in the parish
with the yearly payment of £10, one moiety to provide bread for the poor coming to church every Sunday
and the other moiety for repairing the church way.

Elizabeth Stockton and John Percival, as stated in
a tablet in the church, gave 40s. and 30s. respectively
for the poor. The sum of 30s. only appears to be
paid, issuing out of a cottage and land at Cropton, the
property of Mr. Daniel Richardson.

The National School.—The official trustees hold a
sum of £200 North Eastern Railway 4 per cent. preference stock under the title of the charity of James
Anlaby Legard and Robert Tindall for a master of the
National school.

Footnotes

1. In 1086 Misperton (Mispeton) was a
distinct vill attached to Kirkby Moorside.

34. Feet of F. Yorks. 17 Edw. II, no.
93; cf. no. 63. In the previous year
land here had been settled on John de
Dalton with successive remainders to his
sons John, Thomas and Nicholas and their
heirs (ibid. 16 Edw. II, no. 74).

54. Inform. as above; Feet of F. Yorks.
Hil. 53 Geo. III; Trin. 58 Geo. III.
Conveyances were made in 1779 by
William Nisbett and Anne his wife to
William Baldwin (ibid. Mich. 20 Geo. III),
in 1790 by George Caines and Anne his
wife to Thomas Bowdler (ibid. Mich.
31 Geo. III), and in 1793 by George
Caines and Anne to Jeremiah Watkins
and Walter Watkins (ibid. Trin. 33
Geo. III), presumably lessees.

88. Chan. Inq. p.m. 21 Hen. VI, no. 49.
In the Black Book of Hexham Priory
(Priory of Hexham [Surt. Soc.], ii, 79–80,
155), in 1479, Walter de Barugh still
figures as holding the manor of Great
Barugh, but he must have been dead
nearly a hundred years.

101. Kirkby's Inq. (Surt. Soc.), 122. The
tenants were the Prioress of Keldholme
(6 oxgangs), Robert Chambard, John Colbain, and Walter de Habton (4 oxgangs).
Half a carucate was in the liberty of
St. Peter of York.

168. Yorks. Chant. Surv. (Surt. Soc.), 128–9.
This fact seems to prove conclusively that
at this date there was no chapel at Ryton.
Local tradition affirms, however, that
there was once a chapel there dedicated
to St. Oswald.